page_title: Raid on Pebble Island
section_title: Aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Raid on Pebble Island / Aftermath
caption_attribution_description: Es muy conocido el puente aéreo permanente que mantuvieron los aviones C-130 Hércules de la FAA y algunos Electra de la Armada entre nuestras Islas y el continente. Menos conocido, pero igualmente audaz, es el rescate llevado a cabo por dos helicópteros Sea King de la Armada en Isla Borbón (norte del estrecho de San Carlos). El 31 de Mayo trajeron de vuelta al continente a 10 miembros de la estación aeronaval, inutilizada por un ataque del SAS el 15 de Mayo. La foto los muestra durante los primeros minutos de vuelo.
context_page_description: The Raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during the Falklands War, and took place on the night of 14–15 May 1982. Pebble Island is one of the smaller Falkland Islands, lying north of West Falkland. The site was being used as a forward operating base for T-34 Mentor and Pucara aircraft by the Argentine Air Force; British Special Air Service operatives were tasked with destroying the aircraft on the ground, in an operation that echoed back to some of the unit's first missions during the North African Campaign of World War II. SAS elements, then embarked on HMS Hermes, were tasked with eliminating the airfield, with naval support from the Type 22 frigate HMS Broadsword as Hermes defensive escort and the County class destroyer HMS Glamorgan to provide naval gunfire support with its Mark 6 4.5 inch guns.
  During the night of 14 May, two Westland Sea King HC4 helicopters of 846 Naval Air Squadron, part of the Commando Helicopter Force, departed with 45 members of D Squadron on board. The force infiltrated the airfield without alarm allowing them to lay charges on seven of the aircraft.
context_section_description: Assets destroyed during the raid totalled:
  Six FMA IA 58 Pucarás (Air Force)
  Four Turbo Mentor trainer/light attack aircraft (Navy)
  One Short SC.7 Skyvan utility transport aircraft (Coast Guard)
  Destruction of the ammunition dump
  Destruction of the fuel dump
  The raid was considered a complete success, reminiscent of the type of operation carried out by the SAS in the Second World War. One of the officers involved, Captain Hamilton, was later killed in another SAS action near Port Howard. The Argentine forces continued occupying the position until they were evacuated later in the war, the last troops were recovered on 1 June 1982 by two Argentine Navy Sea King helicopters.
caption: Argentine "Sea King" helicopters departing to rescue the troops at Pebble Island, June 1982
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